Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 07:57:17 -0800 (PST) From: Geff Hanoian <boing@boing.com> To: msmith@FreeBSD.ORG (Mike Smith) Cc: boing@boing.com, forrestc@iMach.com, msmith@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fbsdboot.exe can't load elf kernels Message-ID: <200001121557.HAA14302@kusanagi.boing.com> In-Reply-To: <200001120338.TAA03976@mass.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Jan 11, 2000 7:38:24 pm"
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> > > Of course, the ones which truly emulate an IDE drive at the hardware level > > > just work like an IDE drive, although slower on writes. > > > > > > The BIOS ones get tricky. Obviously, if the boot loader only uses bios > > > calls to do it's dirty work, these work well, at least through the boot > > > process. If the boot loader tries to access the hardware directly, and it > > > doesn't directly support the flash device, then the boot loader doesn't > > > work. Of course, this also applies to the OS. > > > > And that's assuming you could actually get a UFS partition on the "drive > > emulator thing"? But if you were only capable of loading files to a fat16, > > then wouldn't fbsdboot.exe (or whatever it's called) be necessary? > > No. > > Firstly, you are again raising a hypothetical question without actually > suggesting anything that might require this, so bear with me if I don't > take it too seriously. Things just don't really work like this. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Honest, I don't mind. This is like, "hey mechanic dude, my breaks sometimes squeak, FIX IT!" Mechanic says, "They're fine now, I can't fix it." :) > <snip boot2 discussion w/ fat16> > Thanks much! Excellent info. Geff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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